This is also policy of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI – formerly RCUK). Some funders, such as EPSRC, further specify that the data availability statement should identify how the underpinning data can be accessed and on what terms, including any compelling legal or ethical reasons to protect access, if there are any. The statement would also require a persistent identifier such as a DOI. If access needs to be requested via email, EPSRC deem a personal email address to be insufficient but ask for an institutional email address; this should be library-research-support@shu.ac.uk. This email address is monitored on a daily basis and any incoming requests will be forwarded to the relevant researcher.
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‘This work was supported by FUNDER [grant number XXX].’
There is more detailed guidance on acknowledgement of funders in scholarly journal articles available from the Research Information Network.
2. Data availability statement
The exact format and placement of the data availability statement will depend on your journal’s house-style. Some journals have their own template for a data availability statement. If not, you can either include a formal citation to your dataset, or a simple statement, as outlined below.
Process
Creator (PublicationYear): Title. Version. Publisher. ResourceType. Identifier Author, A. (2015): Data from: Title of journal paper. Sheffield Hallam University Research Data Archive. Dataset. http://doi.org/10.17032/shu-151234 |
The underlying research data are openly available from the Sheffield Hallam University Research Data Archive at DOI/WWW. |
The underlying research data can be accessed via WWW and are available on request only. Access to the data is protected because REASON. For this reason / these reasons data can only be accessed CONDITION. |
Due to ethical concerns, supporting data cannot be made openly available. Further information about the data and conditions for access are available at the Sheffield Hallam University Research Data Archive: http://dx.doi.org/10.17032/shu-1512345. Supporting data will be available from the Sheffield Hallam University Research Data Archive at http://dx.doi.org/10.17032/shu-1512345 after a 6 month embargo from the date of publication to allow for commercialisation of research findings. Due to confidentiality agreements with research collaborators, supporting data can only be made available to bona fide researchers subject to a non-disclosure agreement. Details of the data and how to request access are available at the Sheffield Hallam University Research Data Archive: http://dx.doi.org/10.17032/shu-1512345. |